The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-29
MARY JAMES TRAVELS.
SHE MAKES ANOTHER ROUND IN
LONDON WITH DlCKEY.
They See 70 Variety OF Things Not In the
Guide Book--Among Other Things
They Have Peep at the Queen.
What They Think of Her.

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year that YOU couldn't turn the screw and
/ get n half inch stream Of water at minutes
notice u is like a great, grayish yellow
sponge hung over and down upon the town,
out Of which its own pressure squeezes almost
constant showers. The sun is conspicuous by
it, absence. aud what little sunshine does get
down 10 the earth IS so wet that it has 10 be
wrung ont and hung up to dry before 1t can
! be used This washed out and rough dried
sunshine is Of very poor quality, but 1t Is bet
! ter than none. aud the people point 10 IT with
pride whenever it stays long enough 10 be
come identified with the community. Last
month, wien tine May queen was rampant in
| the land. she had 10 be- crowned with an UNI
| brolla and use a gOSsamer for coronation
robes Mr. Tennyson must have used up all
] the poetic license in bis stock when he wrote
about the Young girl vino wished 30 be called
/ for an early train, in order 10 go out and be
crowned Queen of the May. If that girl
wasn't mermaid I've made mistake in my
estimate Of the climate, or the girl, or the
poet That She died in the last chapter was not
| 10 be wondered at, for at that time the Boy
| ton swimming suit was not invented, and the
poor thing caught her death Of dampness.
heard two Americans talking the other day,
rs they Rugged up against a wall in the pour
/ ing rain, waiting for bus:
"Aud this is 'Merrie England said one.
Its merry b-l,n was the reply, and
stopped my ears, though if orthodoxy Is
orthodox, the location referred to by the pro
| faue man is anything but similar TO England
il May.
Speaking Of swearing, reminds one that
there is great deal less Of il in London streets
/ than one hears ON the streets of even small
towns i'm America ] don't know how tine
manly habit is kept out Of hearing, but 1t is,
and that is Just that much in favor Of Eng
/ land have yet 10 hear an oath on the
street. and notwithstanding the streets are
crowded with vehicles, and their drivers, and
petty jars aud accidents constantly occur, the
mon never swear, at least not loud enough
/ to he heard Dickey says 1t Is company
manners and they swear at home before their
wic,. and at them. but don't place much
reliance in Der judgment of men, unless they
/ happen 10 be nice young men who want 20
/ fir. and then / know every one Of them Is a
| "parfect gentleman" if she likes him, and
Otherwise. if she doesn't | am willing 10
give every nan bis just due, and | admire
really good man ahoye all things earthly, but
my admiration up 10 this writing is not
stiaInrd from over eXertiOn.
"JI you ever said hickey, interrupting
NY writing. "see so many men wearing silk
hat as You do in LondonP
"No." said /, 81 didn't | wonder why it
isl~
Because" said She, "there are more men in
/ l.Dndun tlau anywhere else"
J, aus "a wormy chestnut she had put upon
inc but IL bad the truth scattered through it,
and began 10 think about what ] had seen
/ a silk hat. a stick on umbrella and pair Of
/ gloves m the hand, or on the hands, or half
of one and half the other, are as essential TO
the outward sembance Of a gentleman as
uniform J., % soldier on duty II he had on
nothing else than these three he would be
held i'm higher esteem than % have all else
and he without them. The other Sunday |
went out 90 HYDE park b take in the
"Chnrch Parade between 1870 and 3 when
the swell people walk and digest the sermon,
/ and out Of say 5000 men strOlling there,
among three times as many ladies, only
saws one derby hat, and that was on an
American lust over He had the umbrella
/ and gloves, but the round hat ruined the en-
semhle. and he looked like last years rose
f bud in a bunch Of spring flowers. On the
street the uniyersality Of the silk hat strikes
an American observer at once, and in very
short time be puts his head into the same
/ kind Of covering. Nor is it the swell English
man only who wears the "plug' Every man
who can raise the money has one, and it
often happens that the hat doesn't fit the
clothes of ihc wearer But be never thinks
Of this the hats the thing.
One secs more good looking men in London
on the street, than ~ does in any American
CITY That / haVe ever been IN, and one reason
/ of IL is chat they dress better. The dude, AZ
We have him, is almost unknown, although
he may thrive in protected situations with "A
southern exposure, but the man who dresses
well j, quite frequent and does not appear 70
/ Dc afraid Of exciting comment if he appears
OBJ the street in what might be called in
America parlor apparel
pichey and | We're in a museum or some
other collection Of statuary the other day,
and there was an unirnped figure Of IA girl
wecpin., and so labeled
poor thnsm said Dickey alphabetically,
"no wonder She weeps.
/ "WhyT said /, examining the marble and
the catalogue contempOraneously.
"For the reason, Mary Jane" said she,
/ Chat In a great commercial center like this,
where six button kid gloves can be bought
| for three shillings and sixpence q pair, She is
compelled TO 60 bare handed"
/ have tried 10 train Dickey in this
matter Of the unadoneduess Of beauty being
/ most adorned, since we have come 10 land
where art is up in high G, but somehow |
can't DO it, She is always making remarks
| in statuary galleries. and sometimes l am
quite shocked / bad her in Washington
with me lat winter, giving her lessons from
| life ou the same subject, but she won't learn.
In the matter OF woIsan's dress, We find
that prices in London are a good deal like
/ they are IN New York. Gloves and notions
are very much cheaper, and WOODEN and silk
are lower, but i'm cottons the prices are quite
as Lieh as with Us 1t depends a good deal,
/ too, ON where YOU buy. Since I've been IN
| London have received half bushel OF adj
yertsing cards in sealed envelopes, from
every sort Of dealer in wearing apparel and
/ if, appurtemauces; and have been around a